First Christian TV In Turbulent Zanzibar (Worthy News Exclusive)

A bishop leading the first Christian TV network in Zanzibar has received government permission to broadcast its first Christmas programs on the Muslim-majority archipelago.

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Authorities in Zanzibar, Tanzania Close Down Church

The pastor of a church on Tanzania’s semi-autonomous Zanzibar Island was preaching earlier this month when a plainclothes police officer and local officials strode into the church service.

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Muslims Target Pastor with Criminal Accusation in Zanzibar, Tanzania

A judge failed to show up at a hearing for a pastor facing accusations of child abuse in a case in Zanzibar that Muslims have kept alive after charges were twice dismissed, sources said.

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Church in Zanzibar, Tanzania Shaken as Court Supports Muslims’ Opposition to Building

A court on the semi-autonomous island of Zanzibar, off the coast of Tanzania, ruled on Thursday (July 20) that a church cannot continue constructing a worship building it has tried to finish for eight years, sources said.

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Zanzibar: Islamists Take Church’s Hall

Islamists on the semi-autonomous island of Zanzibar off Tanzania’s coast have driven a local pastor into hiding after taking over his church’s rented hall.

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Calls for Investigation After Churches Bombed in Zanzibar

zanzibar-mapA bomb exploded at the main entrance of Christ Church Cathedral in Zanzibar’s Stone Town last week. According to Christianity Today, eyewitnesses said the bomb was detonated remotely.

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